BA.EC.EN - Economics-Environmental Studies (Major)

Total credit requirements for an Economics-Environmental Studies major: 52 (27 credits in Economics and 25 in required coursework for all Environmental Studies majors)

Common Requirements for all Environmental Studies Majors

• Required Courses

  • Introductory Coursework: Environmental Studies 120 and 207

  • Foundation Coursework: Fulfill the following requirements for the two areas outside of your area of concentration (arts and humanities, natural and physical sciences, or social sciences).

    • Environmental Humanities: Take two elective courses from the list below.

    • Environmental Natural and Physical Sciences: Take 7 credits in elective courses from the list below from at least two departments, including at least one course with a lab.

    • Environmental Social Sciences: Take two elective courses from the list below.

  • Interdisciplinary Coursework: Take one interdisciplinary elective from the list below.

  • Senior Coursework: Environmental Studies 479

• Additional Requirements

  • Fulfill all of the requirements for a major in a specific area of concentration, chosen from:

    • Environmental Arts or Humanities: Art-Environmental Studies or Environmental Humanities

    • Environmental Natural and Physical Sciences: Biology-Environmental Studies, Chemistry-Environmental Studies, Geology-Environmental Studies, or Physics-Environmental Studies

    • Environmental Social Sciences: Anthropology-Environmental Studies, Economics-Environmental Studies, History-Environmental Studies, Politics-Environmental Studies, or Sociology-Environmental Studies

• Senior Requirements

  • Environmental Studies 479

  • Further requirements as specified by the chosen major

• Honors

  • Specified within each major

• Notes

  • Up to 8 transfer credits may be applied to a major in Environmental Studies.

  • No courses taken P-D-F can be applied toward the major.

Economics-Environmental Studies Major Requirements

• Complete the Common Requirements for all Environmental Studies Majors (25 Credits)

• Required Economics Courses

  • Economics 100 or 101; and 102

  • Economics 227 (or Mathematics 128 or 247)

  • Economics 307, 308, and 477

  • One additional course in Economics

• Additional Required Courses

  • One additional relevant foundational course in Environmental Social Sciences outside of Economics

• Senior Requirements

  • Major Field Test (MFT)

  • Oral exam in Economics

  • Those not writing a suitably interdisciplinary honors thesis are required to complete an oral exam in Environmental Studies.

• Honors

  • Students submit an “Honors in Major Study Application” to their department.

  • Students must submit a proposal for their thesis or project within the first six weeks of the two-semester period in which they are eligible.

  • Accumulated at least 87 credits

  • Completed two semesters of residency at Whitman

  • Major GPA of at least 3.500

  • Complete a written thesis or research project prepared exclusively for the satisfaction of this program.

  • Earn a grade of at least A- on the honors thesis project and the honors thesis course.

  • Pass the senior assessment with distinction.

  • The department will submit the honors applications to the Registrar’s Office of students pursuing honors by the specified deadline.

  • The department will submit the “Senior Assessment/Major Study Certificate” to the Registrar’s Office no later than Reading Day.

  • An acceptable digital copy of the honors thesis must be submitted to Penrose Library no later than Reading Day.

  • For details, visit www.whitman.edu/academics/departments-and-programs/economics/economics-major-programs/department-honors.

• Notes

  • Mathematics 124 or 125 is a prerequisite for Economics 307 and 308.

  • A minimum grade of C is required in Economics 307 and 308.

  • No courses taken P-D-F, including Economics 493 and 494, may count toward major requirements.